Links to reports from Reuters and the Associated Press, and to a discussion from Consortium News; other published material or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll up for today’s MEDIA, SYRIA and IRAN, and down for UKRAINE 8-22-26.) — MCM

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Ozon warehouse in Orenburg region hit in drone attack, governor says. From Reuters. The governor of Russia’s Orenburg region said today that two industrial facilities were hit by drone debris, including a warehouse owned by Ozon, a major Russian online retailer. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for earlier report from Reuters.

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Zelenskyy details rift with dismissed defense minister, saying some of his actions were misguided, by Samya Kullab | AP  KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he believes actions taken by dismissed Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, including his involvement in mass protests and calls for elections, were misguided, as he publicly detailed their dispute for the first time. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.

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FROM AUG. 22  Neo-Israelites vs. neo-Ottomans. Joe Lauria of Consortium News talks with retired CIA analyst Ray McGovern and former U.S. Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter — for more than two and a half hours — about the nature of Ukraine’s defense industry; who’s “really in charge” in Washington; the Western media; the Stars and Stripes and the firing of its publisher, its editor and a Middle East correspondent; interrelations between Turkey, Israel, Syria, Russia, Gaza, Hamas; and other topics. Click HERE before for text of intro by Lauria and video of talk.

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ADVISORY  Watch: The World This Week, ‘Neo-Israelites vs. neo-Ottomans.’ Joe Lauria, editor-in-chief of Consortium News, again hosts retired CIA analyst Ray McGovern and former U.S. Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter. From brief CN intro: “Tensions soar between Tel Aviv and Ankara over their designs on Syria; would Trump nuke Iran? And the killing goes on in Ukraine and Gaza.” Click HERE before 8 p.m. EDT for (probably) text of longer introduction by Lauria; at 8 to livestream discussion; and later or tomorrow for video of it.

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The advisory above about the Consortium News event is the only item in this entry (one of only three entries); other published material is accessible by clicking on its name or initials. (Scroll down today’s IRAN and UKRAINE, and for SYRIA 8-18-26.) — MCM

ADVISORY  Watch: The World This Week, ‘Neo-Israelites vs. neo-Ottomans.’ Joe Lauria, editor-in-chief of Consortium News, again hosts retired CIA analyst Ray McGovern and former U.S. Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter. From brief CN intro: “Tensions soar between Tel Aviv and Ankara over their designs on Syria; would Trump nuke Iran? And the killing goes on in Ukraine and Gaza.” Click HERE before 8 p.m. EDT for (probably) text of longer introduction by Lauria; at 8 to livestream discussion; and later or tomorrow for video of it.

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The advisory above about the Consortium News event is the only item in this entry (one of only three entries today); other published material is accessible by clicking on its name or initials. (Scroll up or down for today’s SYRIA and UKRAINE, and for IRAN 8-21-26.) — MCM

ADVISORY  Watch: The World This Week, ‘Neo-Israelites vs. neo-Ottomans.’ Joe Lauria, editor-in-chief of Consortium News, again hosts retired CIA analyst Ray McGovern and former U.S. Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter. From brief CN intro: “Tensions soar between Tel Aviv and Ankara over their designs on Syria; would Trump nuke Iran? And the killing goes on in Ukraine and Gaza.” Click HERE before 8 p.m. EDT for (probably) text of longer introduction by Lauria; at 8 to livestream discussion; and later or tomorrow for video of it.

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The advisory above about the Consortium News event is the only item in this entry (one of only three entries today); other published material is accessible by clicking on its name or initials. (Scroll up for today’s IRAN, and down for UKRAINE 8-21-26.) — MCM

A link to a report from the Cradle; others  are accessible by clicking on its name. (Scroll down for today’s WEST BANK, IRAN and UKRAINE, and for GAZA 8-19-26.) — MCM

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UN reports 94 percent of Gaza’s population without proper shelter ahead of winter. From the Cradle. More than four out of five families in Gaza are living in “critical or catastrophic” conditions, lacking fuel, energy, and essential household items under the ongoing Israeli siege of the strip, UN agencies and partners revealed in a report published on Aug. 20. READ MORE . . .

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Links to two reports from Middle East Monitor; others  are accessible by clicking on its name. (Scroll up or down for today’s GAZA, IRAN and UKRAINE, and down for WEST BANK 8-19-26.) — MCM

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FROM AUG. 20  Israeli occupiers set Palestinian home in occupied West Bank on fire with mother and daughter inside. From Middle East Monitor. Local sources told Anadolu Agency five masked occupiers attacked the home at dawn in the Khirbet al-Fara area of the city of Yatta in the Hebron governate. READ MORE . . .

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FROM AUG. 20  How daily life in the West Bank is being ground to a halt, by Fareed Taamallah | Middle East Monitor  To live in the occupied West Bank today is to exist within a finely tuned apparatus of deliberate friction. READ MORE . . .

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First, links to reports from Reuters and the Associated Press; others or at least headlines are accessible by clicking on their names or initials, (Scroll up or down for today’s GAZA, WEST BANK and UKRAINE so far, and down for IRAN 8-19-26.) — MCM

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Iran vows ‘devastating’ response as U.S. threatens toughest ever economic hit. From Reuters. Iran has said that its response to any new U.S. threats would be “devastating” after Washington pledged to impose the toughest financial penalties in history with the aim of toppling the Iranian leadership. READ MORE . . .

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Iranian families struggle to afford the basics as U.S ratchets up economic warfare, by Mehdi Fattahi and David Rising | AP  TEHRAN — Tehran’s grocery stores are well-stocked, but many families can barely afford the basics. Unemployment is soaring and those with jobs are working more hours for money worth half as much as a year ago, putting food, medicine and everything else — except for heavily subsidized gasoline — further out of reach. Click HERE for report including photos. Click HERE for most of same AP report in Spanish, and HERE for others.

A link to a report from the Moscow Times; others  are accessible by clicking on its name. (Scroll up for today’s GAZA, WEST BANK and IRAN, and down for UKRAINE 8-19-26.) — MCM

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2 killed in Crimea as Ukrainian drones strike industrial site in Perm region. From the Moscow Times. At least two people were killed and four others wounded in overnight Ukrainian attacks on annexed Crimea, local authorities said late Thursday, while an industrial facility was later targeted in Russia’s Perm region amid the airstrikes. READ MORE . . .

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No other entries today.

NOTE: Nobody reads this blog. But . . .

Here’s a link to an essay from Beyond the Curtain via ScheerPost; others are accessible by clicking on their names. (Scroll down for today’s WEST BANK, COVID ETC., GAZA, IRAN, UKRAINE and ALL OF IT, and for MEDIA 8-15-26.) — MCM

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FROM AUG. 18  The benefit of not reading, by Edward Curtin | Behind the Curtain / ScheerPost  It is a commonplace that a steady diet of the mass media can rot the brain and so fill one’s mind with nonsense that a creative thought becomes impossible. The Internet, television, film, and miniseries addictions . . . READ MORE . . .

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